Sweetman Podcast: Episode 103 – Richard Langston

I sat down for a chat with Richard Langston. We’ve met and talked a few times over the years but this was the first time I’d attempted to get his full story – journalist, poet, broadcaster, music enthusiast, television director – there’s a lot to discuss. And so we sit back and work through it all with some meditations on writing and reading and all the good stuff – music too of course.

Langston is an old-school journo who worked his way up through newspaper reporting to a 20-year career with TV3 which had him chasing down bad guys and sticking microphones in front of people in hallways, elsewhere he was earning the trust of people that wouldn’t normally speak to the press. And getting shot at in East Timor.